CHAPTER VI.. The Rendezvous.

The Rendezvous.

Fair in the Wilderness.--The Encampment.--Dispersion of the Trappers.--Hostility of the Blackfeet.--Camp on the Big Snake River.--The Blackfeet Marauders.--The Pursuit.--The Calumet.--The Battle.--Kit Carson wounded.--The Rencontre with Shunan.--The Defeat and Humiliation of Shunan.--Remarkable Modesty of Carson.--Testimony to Mr. Carson's Virtues.